The Candy Box fake news billboards: the pics and video
July 29th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Journalism, Newspapers
It’s had widespread coverage elsewhere, but Journalism.co.uk thought it worth contacting Horsham’s Candy Box owner, John O’Sullivan, for some images of those now nationally notorious fake news billboards, that the local council took such issue with (see Journalism.co.uk main site for an update.) Perhaps even better, is O’Sullivan’s lament on YouTube, inspired by the Anthony Hopkins Sky HD adverts. See end of this post for videos.
Here are some examples of the billboards (taken on O’Sullivan’s mobile phone):
And O’Sullivan’s lament on YouTube, a la the Anthony Hopkins Sky HD adverts:
Another one here:
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